Turkey: shepherd kills Anatolian leopard thought extinct
04 November, 13:51
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, NOVEMBER 4 - An Anatolian leopard was killed by a shepherd in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir yesterday, drawing attention back to a species long thought extinct within Turkey's borders, as daily Hurriyet reports. The shepherd, KasÕm Kaplan, said the animal had suddenly attacked him from behind while he was outside his village grazing his cattle. "We were on a cliff when all of a sudden something jumped on me. I wrestled with the animal that I did not recognize. We fell around 1.5 meters and rolled for 10 meters. I was injured by his claws when he jumped again on me where we fell," Kaplan said. At this point, his cousin Mahmut Kaplan, who was accompanying him, shot the animal with his rifle.
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